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National Association of Manufacturers and Department of Labor picket

(07/31/70)

NOW conducted demonstrations in 14 cities against the National Association of Manufacturers & Department of Labor closed-circuit television conference on equal opportunity to protest the exclusion of guidelines on sex discrimination from the Labor Department’s “Order 4,” which required affirmative action plans for minorities only.

The next day, the Secretary of Labor promised to set up a group to develop guidelines on women.